Amy Chua Western Parenting Summary

Many people would (and are) antagonizing Amy Chua for her parenting skills and her thoughts on Westerners parenting, though, one thing they don’t think about is cultural differences. Amy Chua, a professor at Yale Law School, wrote an article focusing on chinese parenting. SHe uses the term “chinese parenting” lightly, because she knows of many other parents that are of different nationalities that qualify in this parenting category as well.
In this writing, Amy talks about chinese parenting and the differences between it and western parenting. The usual thing western parents usually let their children do, such as: attend a sleepover, watch T.V, play video games, choose their own extracurricular activities,etc. Chinese parents would never dream of allowing their kids to do.
She continues on to talk about how her outlook on academic success and how western parents believe pushing education on hem isn’t healthy and they need to make learning seem enjoyable. Whereas Chinese parents believe academic success shows successful parenting skills.
She then goes on to tell about a tactic she learned when she was growing up.Whenever she was disrespectful to her mother or father, her father would call her garbage. She now uses it on her daughters when they’re being disrespectful, calling them garbage. Western parents, Amy believes, constantly step …show more content…
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